Good Schools: Making the Grade
Grantee Seminar
Successfully Merging Technology into the
Curriculum – Schools writing grants for technology
equipment or programs: How to successfully
merge technology into your school’s curriculum
Session Objectives
• Participants will be introduced to:
– The ISTE and Michigan's Technology
Standards for Students,
– Models for the successful integration of
technology into Michigan curriculum,
including Technology Enriched lesson plan
sites on the web, and
– Technological devices to support the
integration of technology.
What is
Technology?
What is Technology?
What has
happened to
the Music?
What is Technology?
So, you want to watch a Movie?
OK, Now what?
• Today’s Toys
On the Market Now !
Product Description
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computer processor) and it's got a voice. It's even
got its own language. If you've got a math problem,
FLY Pentop Computer can solve it. You can
schedule anything and FLY pentop computer will
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Technology
Standards
New International Society for
Technology in Education (NET-S):
Standards for Students
• The technology foundation standards for students are divided
into six broad categories. Standards within each category are
to be introduced, reinforced, and mastered by students.
• These categories provide a framework for linking
performance indicators within the Profiles for Technology
Literate Students to the standards.
• Teachers can use these standards and profiles as guidelines
for planning technology-based activities in which students
achieve success in learning, communication, and life skills.
Michigan Educational Technology
Standards
• The Educational Technology Standards describe skills,
which should be acquired in elementary, middle, and high
schools and provide the foundation for technology
education, teaching and learning in Michigan
• Online Course Requirement for the graduating class of
2011 (9th graders)
• Michigan Virtual High School
• Standards for District Administrators
• District Obligation: Basic technology and internet
access in place to support on-line requirement
Professional Development
• How are teachers to learn to use these
resources?
– Resources designed for Michigan
Teachers
• http://www.learnport.org/
• http://www.preteacher.org/
• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
Various Forms
of
Technology
Various Forms of Technology
• Computers
– Desktop vs. Laptop
– MAC vs. PC
– New Features
• Cameras & Microphones
• HD: High Definition Quality Monitors
• DVD Creation and Playback
– Software is NOT included in most quotes !
Various Forms of Technology
• Smart Boards
– Interactive Whiteboards that interact with a
computer.
– Benefits:
• Great for demonstrations
• Can accommodate different learning styles
• Are interactive devices for all
• Interfaces well with peripherals, cameras
• Classroom Demonstration
• Cool Tutorial
• Costs
Various Forms of Technology
• PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
– Small, low-cost, highly versatile, mobile computer.
– Benefits:
• A general-purpose computer, only smaller and cheaper ($100-$400
• Infrared Technology
• Synchronization Capable
• Supports 802.11 wireless
– The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standard for
wireless local area network (WLAN) interoperability
– GPS Capabilities
» Global Positioning System: A worldwide radio-navigation
system that was developed by the US. Department of
Defense.
• Supports Bluetooth
– Bluetooth the basis for the 802.15 standard for wireless personal
area networks (PAN)
Various Forms of Technology
• PDAs in action!
– Classroom Use
• Lesson Plans
– Heredity Lesson
– Scientific Research
• How are teachers going to learn to use it?
– Interactive Video-Tutorial
Various Forms of Technology
• Cellular Phones
– Using what you’ve got~
a) Appointment reminder/calendar
b) Calculator
c) Note pads
d) Text messaging
e) Wireless Internet
f) Modem function
g) PC synchronization
h) Bluetooth capable
i) MP3 player
j) GPS receiver
Web-Based
Resources
Web-based Resources
• Virtual Tours
– Universal Field Trips!
• The Grand Canyon
• The Roman Coliseum
– Or, in our own backyard!
Web-Based Resources
• Web Quest
– A WebQuest is a research activity in which
students collect information, where most of the
information comes from the World Wide Web.
It was first invented by Bernie Dodge in 1995.
• Elementary
• Middle School
• High School
Web-Based Resources
• Webcasts
• A webcast is a live media file distributed over
the Internet using streaming media technology.
Essentially, webcasting is broadcasting over
the Internet.
• The Library of Congress
• The United Nations
• Politics
Web-Based Resources
• Podcasts
– A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of
such files, that is distributed over the Internet
using syndication feeds for playback on
portable media players and personal
computers.
– National Public Radio (NPR)
– National Zoo & the Cheetahs
Web-Based Resources
• E-Books: Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection
of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project
Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of
eBooks and related technologies today.
• Audio Books:
– Sound Portraits Productions is an independent production company
dedicated to telling stories that bring neglected American voices to a
national audience. Whether on the radio, in print, or on the Web, Sound
Portraits is committed to producing innovative works of lasting educational,
cultural, and artistic value.
– Simply Audio Books: Free Audio Downloads
– Audiobooks.net: Free Audio Downloads
– Storynory: Narrated Children’s Books
Session Wrap-up
Thank you for your participation! We
hope you will enjoy using technology to
enhance the learning environments of
students in your classrooms.